Friday, April 24, 2015

May 1st (Day 121) Bible Reading

Jdg 13:1
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and
the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

Jdg 13:2 And there
was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was
Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Jdg 13:3 And the
angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art
barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

Jdg 13:4 Now
therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not
any unclean thing:

Jdg 13:5 For, lo,
thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for
the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to
deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Jdg 13:6 Then the
woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his
countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible:
but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

Jdg 13:7 But he
said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no
wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child
shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

Jdg 13:8 Then
Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou
didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child
that shall be born.

Jdg 13:9 And God
hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman
as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

Jdg 13:10 And the
woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold,
the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

Jdg 13:11 And
Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art
thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

Jdg 13:12 And
Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how
shall we do unto him?

Jdg 13:13 And the
angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her
beware.

Jdg 13:14 She may
not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine
or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let
her observe.

Jdg 13:15 And
Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until
we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

Jdg 13:16 And the
angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of
thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the
LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.

Jdg 13:17 And
Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy
sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?

Jdg 13:18 And the
angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is
secret?

Jdg 13:19 So
Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto
the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked
on.

Jdg 13:20 For it
came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the
angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife
looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

Jdg 13:21 But the
angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah
knew that he was an angel of the LORD.

Jdg 13:22 And
Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

Jdg 13:23 But his
wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have
received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he
have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such
things as these.

Jdg 13:24 And the
woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD
blessed him.

Jdg 13:25 And the
Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah
and Eshtaol.

Jdg 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the
daughters of the Philistines.

Jdg 14:2 And he
came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in
Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to
wife.

Jdg 14:3 Then his
father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the
daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a
wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her
for me; for she pleaseth me well.

Jdg 14:4 But his
father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought
an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had
dominion over Israel.

Jdg 14:5 Then went
Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the
vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

Jdg 14:6 And the
Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have
rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father
or his mother what he had done.

Jdg 14:7 And he
went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

Jdg 14:8 And after
a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the
lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of
the lion.

Jdg 14:9 And he
took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and
mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had
taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

Jdg 14:10 So his
father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the
young men to do.

Jdg 14:11 And it
came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with
him.

Jdg 14:12 And
Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly
declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then
I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

Jdg 14:13 But if
ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty
change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may
hear it.

Jdg 14:14 And he
said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came
forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Jdg 14:15 And it
came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy
husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy
father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it
not so?

Jdg 14:16 And
Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me
not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not
told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my
father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

Jdg 14:17 And she
wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass
on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she
told the riddle to the children of her people.

Jdg 14:18 And the
men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What
is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he
said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my
riddle.

Jdg 14:19 And the
Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty
men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which
expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's
house.

Jdg 14:20 But
Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his
friend.

Joh 1:29 The next
day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world.

Joh 1:30 This is
he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he
was before me.

Joh 1:31 And I
knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I
come baptizing with water.

Joh 1:32 And John
bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and
it abode upon him.

Joh 1:33 And I
knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me,
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same
is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

Joh 1:34 And I
saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

Joh 1:35 Again the
next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

Joh 1:36 And
looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

Joh 1:37 And the
two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Joh 1:38 Then
Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They
said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where
dwellest thou?

Joh 1:39 He saith
unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him
that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

Joh 1:40 One of
the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother.

Joh 1:41 He first
findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias,
which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

Joh 1:42 And he
brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the
son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

Joh 1:43 The day
following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto
him, Follow me.

Joh 1:44 Now
Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

Joh 1:45 Philip
findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the
law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Joh 1:46 And
Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
saith unto him, Come and see.

Joh 1:47 Jesus saw
Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom
is no guile!